Student Entrepreneurship Community Builder

Diversity Dashboard; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Pension scheme

Flexible working

Discounts and rewards

Career development

Job summary

The University of Sheffield is seeking an Enterprise Officer (Community Builder) to grow a vibrant enterprising community across campus and online. You will work with the Enterprise Manager and a fellow Officer to craft engaging events, competitions and mentoring that empower student and graduate founders.

You will develop targeted offerings, maintain CRM data, and promote inclusive access to enterprise activities.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of an engaging calendar of events and competitions to inspire entrepreneurial thinking and engagement with our service.
• Ensure and help to develop the service's learning materials are utilised effectively to drive new users.
• Seek to broaden access and inclusivity to enterprise for all, leading on developing the Connecting Women in Business conference, the Freelancer Guild and the Spark Podcast Team.
• Ensure any activity promoting enterprise within the University is captured and linked to our service, providing a seamless pathway for participants into other programmes we offer.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with the Regional Engagement Team to ensure alignment of activities as well as networks with the Careers Service, MARC, CAR and forums both within the University and the Sheffield Students Union.
• Support the delivery of our year end celebratory event, the Business Awards Showcase, which will include a University wide competition, pitching day, and formal showcase event with regional business leaders.
• Liaise with our network of academic, student and administrative ambassadors within every department - utilising their support to promote the service across the University.
• Work with the service's Enterprise Manager to further develop an exciting brand, which can position our service as an attractive proposition to our core audience;
• Work alongside a fellow Enterprise Office to ensure our CRM and student management system is up to date, data-led and informing the ongoing output of our activities and strategies
• Find opportunities to broadly promote our service's impactful stories externally, including generating ideas, writing and developing exciting content for multiple channels.
• Utilise all available marketing channels to grow our user base of current students and academics and maximise take up of our services
• As a member of our Professional staff, you will be expected to demonstrate a commitment to the professional behaviours set out in the Sheffield Professional Framework.
• As a member of staff you will be encouraged to make ethical decisions in your role, embedding the University sustainability strategy into your working activities wherever possible.
• Any other duties, commensurate with the grade of the post.

Job description

The University of Sheffield is seeking an Enterprise Officer (Community Builder) to grow a vibrant enterprising community across campus and online. You will work with the Enterprise Manager and a fellow Officer to craft engaging events, competitions and mentoring that empower student and graduate founders.

You will develop targeted offerings, maintain CRM data, and promote inclusive access to enterprise activities.